designed to get congress to actually avoid them by coming together with more sensible approaches to deficit reduction. >> the president says this will likely be a close one just like the fiscal cliff. >> i don't know why folks leave stuff until the last minute. there's no other profession, no other industry where people wait until the 11th hour to solve the big problems. it creates a lot of oh uncertainty in our economy. >> how badly would maryland be effected? the state is home to 17 military bases and 60 non-military federal facility. more than 300,000 government workers live in the state. >> if the budget cuts go through education will be among the hardest hit. in the state of maryland you could lose as much as $55 million in funding for next year. >> republicans do not agree with the president's approach to the budget crisis. they said he's focusing too much on raiding taxes and not on cutting spending. >>> tonight the anne arundel county council will vote in a new county executive. former county executive john leopold resigned after being convicted of misconduct in office. now 16 peopl